This is Mansfield Town's Ground, the One Call Stadium, confidently regarded as the oldest professional football ground in the World. Prior to 1861 it was used for cricket as early as 1850 and Field Mill was the site of a huge cotton doubling mill, sited in the East Midlands, along with many other mills as described in novels of that time.
The oldest football ground in the World is regarded as Sandygate at Hallam FC, Sheffield and Bramall Lane was used for football from 1862.
Field Mill was the home of Greenhalgh and Sons mill industry, the owner of which rented the land from the Duke of Portland. Harold Greenhalgh, born in Mansfield, played professional football for the Notts Club, (now County) and played as a "back" in England's first international v Scotland in 1872.
In 1894, Greenhalgh's club joined with Mansfield Town (not the present club) and was used exclusively as a football ground. After the First World War, Mansfield Town FC, made it their home ground and gradually developed the stadium, erecting the first stand in 1922.
The Stags (also known as the Yellows) play in League Two and came 8th in last season's order.
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